Research on Interventions for Global Health Transformation-RIGHT Institute

02/04/2025

Research Mastery Program

Unlock your research potential with the Research Mastery Program co-hosted by Research on Interventions for Global Health Transformation-RIGHT Institute

Join our 3-day practical and in-depth research workshop.

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12/03/2025

Unlock your research potential with the Research Mastery Program co-host by Research on Interventions for Global Health Transformation - RIGHT Institute

Join our 3-day practical and in- depth research workshop.

To register, use the link https://forms.gle/T493YnyFKmhAgCTT8

27/12/2024

Patient-reported measures (PRMs) have emerged as indispensable tools in modern healthcare systems, offering a patient-centric approach to evaluating healthcare quality and outcomes.

This article demonstrates and explores the significance of PRMs, their applications in healthcare quality improvement, and their opportunities for achieving optimal patient outcomes.

Introduction Patient-reported measures (PRMs) have emerged as indispensable tools in modern healthcare systems, offering a patient-centric approach to evaluating healthcare quality and outcomes. By capturing insights directly from patients about their health, quality of life, and care experiences, P

09/08/2024

In Ghana, routine pap smears are NOT COVERED by national health insurance, and the cost of medical services continues to increase.

The cost of cervical cancer detection and treatment is perceived as a MAJOR barrier to care and can cause overwhelming stress to women.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.glmedi.2024.100076

04/08/2024

This study by Moustafa M, Mali ME, Lopez-Verdugo F, et al 2021 conducted an in-depth situational analysis of available breast cancer care in the Eastern Region of Ghana using a novel facility-based survey tool.

Based on the results of the study, they suggested the expansion of screening and early diagnosis services with Clinical Breast Examination (CBE) by ensuring it is available at all hospitals and leveraging providers at non-hospital health facilities to provide CBE and centralisation of treatment (surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy services) to select hospitals to help streamline patient care until resources are available to expand services in more hospitals across the region.

04/08/2024

To improve the quality of Adolescents Sexual Reproductive Health (ASRH) services, standards for ASRH services for adolescents should include considerations related to adolescents’ health literacy, community support, appropriate packages of services, healthcare providers’ competencies, facility characteristics, equity and non-discrimination, high-quality data, and adolescent participation.

ABSTRACTIntroduction. Sexual and reproductive health services are often underserved to adolescents in many societies. For many of these sexually active adolescents, reproductive health services such as the provision of contraception and treatment for sexually transmitted infections, either are not a...

31/07/2024

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), only 1 in 6 people with Hepatitis know they have it.

Our research conducted among public health students found that even though the students had knowledge on Hep-B infection and the availability of a vaccine for preventing Hepatitis infection, a proportion (56.9%) of them felt they did not need to be protected against Hep-B infection and 41.2% of them were not vaccinated against Hep-B infection.

The study identified cost of vaccination as a major setback to non-vaccination.

More education is needed on the importance of vaccination as an effective measure for controlling Hepatitis infection. Moreover, the cost of vaccination for Hepatitis should be included in the National Health Insurance Scheme to increase the vaccination uptake in Ghana.

Study on students' knowledge, attitude, and practices towards Hepatitis B infection and vaccination in Ghana. Findings reveal high awareness but low perceived need for protection. Vaccination cost and unwillingness pose challenges. More education needed for effective control. Read more.

31/07/2024

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